US Patent 9438858 Techniques for sharing image data remotely

Techniques are disclosed for sharing image data in a collaborative environment. In a network based server situated in an Internet Protocol (IP) based packet data network, a request may be received for a session ID from an image capture requesting device via a networked connection. The network based server may return a session ID to the image capture requesting device. The network based server may then receive image data indicative of a whiteboard and including marked corners. The image data may further comprise metadata including the session ID. The network based server may then process the received image, the processing including a rasterization process and a vectorization process. The network based server may then create a snapshot comprising the received image data, the rasterized image data, the vectorized image data, and the metadata. The network based server may then receive an access request for a snapshot associated with a session ID from a media consumption requesting device via a networked connection and provide access to the snapshot to the media consumption requesting device.